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Wilkins 18: Fort Laramie

Date: 06 24 1849
Description: Original wash drawing of Fort Laramie, Wyoming (actually Fort John; see note below). Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California...
Map or Atlas

Madison Township, Dane County, Wisconsin

Date: 1851
Description: Plat map of the Town of Madison (Township 7N, Range 9E), from Volume 4, Federal Survey Plat Books.
Drawing

Capitol (Second)

Date: 1855
Description: Detail from a lithograph vignette on a Map of the City of Madison of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, the first Capitol in Madison.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Route of Governor J.D. Doty from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien

Date: 1832
Description: Hand-drawn map in two parts of the route of Governor J.D. Doty. Probably made by Doty in 1832 as a result of his travels with Alexander J. Center.
Drawing

Madison from University Hill

Date: 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of Madison landscape as seen from University Hill. The main street in the center is State Street, and the building with Greek columns in the...
Drawing

Madison Landscape

Date: 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of view overlooking Madison. The sketch looks down North Hamilton Street from the capitol. Rutted, irregular streets and frame houses mark ...
Photograph

Haymarket Square Rally

Date: 05 04 1886
Description: Photograph of an artistic rendering of a rally held at Haymarket Square on May 4, 1886, before the explosion of the bomb. Haymarket Square is at the Inters...
Map or Atlas

Map of Mineral Point

Date: 1840
Description: A hand-drawn plat map of Mineral Point, Wisconsin showing street layout and location of buildings.
Drawing

Plan of the Battleground of Huycks

Date: 08 24 1876
Description: Hand-drawn plan of the battleground of Huycks.
Drawing

Hook's Defeat

Date: 03 26 1876
Description: Hand-drawn map showing the place of Hook's defeat in York County in South Carolina.
Drawing

Albion College

Date: 1869
Description: Engraving of an elevated view of Albion College.
Map or Atlas

Township No. 7N Map

Date: 03 30 1835
Description: Map of township # 7N, range no. 10 east, 4th meridian, including Third Lake.
Drawing

Mineral Point Business District

Date: 1838
Description: Pencil sketch of a building owned by the Rodolf family along a commercial street.
Drawing

Stone House

Date: 1838
Description: Pencil sketch of a stone house with a porch the full length of the dwelling, supported by 6 columns.
Drawing

Mineral Point Buildings

Date: 1838
Description: Pencil sketch of buildings, including the Post Office.
Drawing

Mills in Appleton, Wisconsin-15,000 Lbs. Daily

Date: 1870
Description: Sketch of the Fox River, a train, the mill, a warehouse, and a steamboat.
Drawing

High School

Date: 1869
Description: View of the Berlin High School, with children playing and people walking in the foreground.
Drawing

City Hall

Date: 1859
Description: City Hall in the background of a bustling street, with pedestrians, horses, carriages, and wagons. A stagecoach is parked across the street on the left.
Drawing

Fairchild Residence

Date: 1873
Description: D.L. Fairchild residence from the street, with a stagecoach and pedestrian in the foreground.
Drawing

H.S. Winsor Residence

Date: 1873
Description: H.S. Winsor residence, with a stagecoach in the foreground.

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